“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind.” ~Matthew 22: 34-46

Our text gives as short and memorable understanding of the purpose of stewardship as you will find in the Bible. Given what God is doing to help increase the presence of love, peace, justice, and abundance in the world, how should we respond? Jesus says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment and the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

What is stewardship? Loving God and loving neighbor. We have an opportunity to make commitments — both material and symbolic — to help this congregation love God and love neighbor in the days, weeks, months, and year ahead. Let’s be generous!